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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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